最初由 Harmatia 发布
Incidentally, it's not "huger" but "bigger". :D (At least, American English....)
Harmatia@2004-05-18 10:17
Nope you can't say huger...you can say bigger/larger/greater, but you can't say huger....don't ask me why. :PLizard@2004-05-18 10:18
引用最初由 Harmatia 发布
Incidentally, it's not "huger" but "bigger". :D (At least, American English....)
I don't get ur second part//?///.引用最初由 蓝发夹 发布
ha~u got me.............i was thinking of this kind of situation cos I did see english ppl do the same!
precisely, it is incorrect. probably it depends on which part is more important. if u say what it was sami who told me bla bla bla, same tense within one clause. if u emphasize the stamtement whoever said that before, use different tense then....
i dont know........I need help (from MYRION><)
myrion@2004-05-18 13:18
引用最初由 Blanche 发布
前天收到的draft thesis的comment的第一条就是语言错误太多.
引用最初由 Lizard 发布
i once used "first and foremost" in a data management report, and my teacher crossed it out....whywhywhy????
引用最初由 蓝发夹 发布
i thought that the earth is huger than the sun.
To me, it's incorrct. should be
i thought that the earth was huger than the sun.
the statement u claimed before was wrong as u emphasized that u THOUGHT~it doenst mean that AT THE PRESENT the earth is huger than the sun
引用最初由 蓝发夹 发布
bigger is not formal...that's it~
for size, huger, larger~
for value, greater~
ha~u got me.............i was thinking of this kind of situation cos I did see english ppl do the same!
precisely, it is incorrect. probably it depends on which part is more important. if u say what it was sami who told me bla bla bla, same tense within one clause. if u emphasize the stamtement whoever said that before, use different tense then....
i dont know........I need help (from MYRION><)
sullivan@2004-05-18 14:19
能不能给出一些论文和报告的格式写法的建议。我只在考雅思时才接触到格式方面的东西,而那些太小儿科了,不够专业。Arael@2004-05-18 14:22
引用最初由 seiyafan 发布
刚刚search了一些IEEE的journel,里面没有一个用"we"的,不过帖子题目是关于写英文论文,我想差距就在这里吧。
踢楼上一脚~
红舞鞋@2004-05-18 21:37
引用最初由 Lizard 发布
i don't use bigger for humongous objects XD
maybe larger?
I don't get ur second part//?///.
i remember that if the situation is an universal truth..then it doesn't matter when it comes to tenses,,?????
me need help tooo!
i'll have more questions about tense!!!(while im writing my essay)
Harmatia@2004-05-18 21:40
"Huger" is like "gooder". XD红舞鞋@2004-05-18 21:45
引用最初由 Harmatia 发布
"Huger" is like "gooder". XD
A ditzy high school classmate once used "gooder"....everybody laughed so hard.
引用huge: 常用词,用于具体事物或人时, 指体积或数量大得超过一般情况; 用于抽象事物时, 做巨大的,无限的解释.
Harmatia@2004-05-18 21:50
小姐,那叫情不自禁啊……全班绝倒的说。就连老师也忍不住在笑。红舞鞋@2004-05-18 21:52
引用最初由 Harmatia 发布
小姐,那叫情不自禁啊……全班绝倒的说。就连老师也忍不住在笑。
seiyafan@2004-05-18 23:17
还有就是像"more better"这种phrase,统统杀掉。myrion@2004-05-19 00:25
引用最初由 myrion 发布
in my opinion, the sentense above should be "i thought that the earth is larger than the sun."
引用最初由 红舞鞋 发布
原来如此啊............不过我那字典里还是有比较级和最高级=v=
红舞鞋@2004-05-19 03:09
引用最初由 myrion 发布
god!!!no one finds i made a typo=_=
the correct answer should be: i thought that the earth "was" larger than the sun. conversely, i thought that the sun "is" larger than the earth.
原來真的有阿 hugest?_?
不過一般不熟的字大家都不會用吧:o:o
seiyafan@2004-05-19 08:41
干那种事请不用锁门吧。。 :D